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British judoka, author and translator, one of the first Europeans to hold a dan rank (London Budokwai shodan in 1935). He taught judo at the Budokwai from 1945 and became a senior instructor in 1954, chaired the July 1948 London conference that founded the European Judo Union, and is named 'Chairman of the European Judo Union' in Moshe Feldenkrais's preface to Higher Judo (1952), which thanks him for critical reading of the typescript and advice on the mat. He held 6th dan from the Kodokan, founded the competition-oriented Renshuden dojo in 1959, headed the BBC's Japanese Service for 24 years, and wrote extensively on judo, Zen and Indian philosophy, being awarded the Japanese Order of the Sacred Treasure in 1984.

Teachers (1)

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  Tani Yukio

  linkKōdōkan Jūdō 1

  Uncertain

  Wikidata lists Trevor Leggett as a student of Yukio Tani (P1066). Single tertiary source with no secondary corroboration in hand; confidence 1 pending corroboration

  expand_morefact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source

  fact_check

  Wikidata lists Trevor Leggett as a student of Yukio Tani (P1066). Single tertiary source with no secondary corroboration in hand; confidence 1 pending corroboration

  assessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  Wikidata — Trevor Leggett: student of (P1066) Yukio Tanilink

Ranks (3)

• linkKōdōkan Jūdō

  military_tech1 dan 2

  Probable

  de Crée lists Trevor P. Leggett as a London Budokwai shodan of 1935 among the early European black belts

  Dan-Kyu System (1935)

  expand_morefact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source

  fact_check

  de Crée lists Trevor P. Leggett as a London Budokwai shodan of 1935 among the early European black belts

  assessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  "Trevor P. Leggett (London Budōkwai shodan: 1935)"

  — Carl de Crée. (2013). Shōnen Jūdō-no-kata ["Forms of Jūdō for Juveniles"] - an experimental Japanese teaching approach to Jūdō skill acquisition in children considered from a historic-pedagogical perspective - part IIlinkinfo

  military_tech5 dan 2

  Probable

  Feldenkrais's preface to Higher Judo, written for the 1951/1952 edition, names Leggett as 5th dan

  Dan-Kyu System (1952)

  expand_morefact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source

  fact_check

  Feldenkrais's preface to Higher Judo, written for the 1951/1952 edition, names Leggett as 5th dan

  assessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  "I am greatly indebted to Mr. T. P. Legget, 5th Dan, Chairman of the European Judo Union, for critical reading of the typesceipt and his very instructive advice on the mat."

  — Moshe Feldenkrais; Elizabeth Beringer. (2010). Higher Judo: Groundworkinfo

  military_tech6 dan 2

  Probable

  English Wikipedia states he held 6th dan from the Kodokan

  Dan-Kyu System

  granted by Kodokan

  expand_morefact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source

  fact_check

  English Wikipedia states he held 6th dan from the Kodokan

  assessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  "He held the title of Shihan, and the rank of 6th dan in judo from the Kodokan."

  — Trevor Leggett - Wikipedia. Wikipedia (English) linkinfo

Students (1)

• 
  Moshé Feldenkrais

  linkKōdōkan Jūdō 1

  Uncertain

  Feldenkrais's own preface to Higher Judo (1952) thanks T. P. Leggett for critical reading of the typescript and 'his very instructive advice on the mat', and the same book's foreword says he deepened his judo practice with Leggett in London; both passages come from the same single source (the book), hence confidence 1 pending an independent source

  (1948-1952)

  expand_morefact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  2 sources

  fact_check

  Feldenkrais's own preface to Higher Judo (1952) thanks T. P. Leggett for critical reading of the typescript and 'his very instructive advice on the mat', and the same book's foreword says he deepened his judo practice with Leggett in London; both passages come from the same single source (the book), hence confidence 1 pending an independent source

  assessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  "I am greatly indebted to Mr. T. P. Legget, 5th Dan, Chairman of the European Judo Union, for critical reading of the typesceipt and his very instructive advice on the mat."

  — Moshe Feldenkrais; Elizabeth Beringer. (2010). Higher Judo: Groundworkinfo

  "In London he deepened his friendship and judo practice with legendary practitioners Gunji Koizumi and Trevor Leggett."

  — Moshe Feldenkrais; Elizabeth Beringer. (2010). Higher Judo: Groundworkinfo

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